And with them he sent Levites [03881], even Shemaiah [08098], and Nethaniah [05418], and Zebadiah [02069], and Asahel [06214], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehonathan [03083], and Adonijah [0138], and Tobijah [02900], and Tob–adonijah [02899], Levites [03881]; and with them Elishama [0476] and Jehoram [03088], priests [03548].
The children [01121] of Delaiah [01806], the children [01121] of Tobiah [02900], the children [01121] of Nekoda [05353], six [08337] hundred [03967] fifty [02572] and two [08147].
When Sanballat [05571] the Horonite [02772], and Tobiah [02900] the servant [05650], the Ammonite [05984], heard [08085] of it, it grieved [03415] them exceedingly [01419] [07451] that there was come [0935] a man [0120] to seek [01245] the welfare [02896] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
But when Sanballat [05571] the Horonite [02772], and Tobiah [02900] the servant [05650], the Ammonite [05984], and Geshem [01654] the Arabian [06163], heard [08085] it, they laughed us to scorn [03932], and despised [0959] us, and said [0559], What is this thing [01697] that ye do [06213]? will ye rebel [04775] against the king [04428]?
Now Tobiah [02900] the Ammonite [05984] was by him [0681], and he said [0559], Even that which they build [01129], if a fox [07776] go up [05927], he shall even break down [06555] their stone [068] wall [02346].
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat [05571], and Tobiah [02900], and the Arabians [06163], and the Ammonites [05984], and the Ashdodites [0796], heard [08085] that the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] were made up [05927] [0724], and that the breaches [06555] began [02490] to be stopped [05640], then they were very [03966] wroth [02734],were made up: Heb. ascended
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat [05571], and Tobiah [02900], and Geshem [01654] the Arabian [06163], and the rest [03499] of our enemies [0341], heard [08085] that I had builded [01129] the wall [02346], and that there was no breach [06556] left [03498] therein; (though [05704] [01571] at that time [06256] I had not set up [05975] the doors [01817] upon the gates [08179];)
And, lo, I perceived [05234] that God [0430] had not sent [07971] him; but that he pronounced [01696] this prophecy [05016] against me: for Tobiah [02900] and Sanballat [05571] had hired [07936] him.
My God [0430], think [02142] thou upon Tobiah [02900] and Sanballat [05571] according to these their works [04639], and on the prophetess [05031] Noadiah [05129], and the rest [03499] of the prophets [05030], that would have put me in fear [03372].
Moreover in those days [03117] the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063] sent [01980] many [07235] letters [0107] unto Tobiah [02900], and the letters of Tobiah [02900] came [0935] unto them.sent…: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah
Also they reported [0559] his good deeds [02896] before [06440] me, and uttered [03318] my words [01697] to him. And Tobiah [02900] sent [07971] letters [0107] to put me in fear [03372].words: or, matters
The children [01121] of Delaiah [01806], the children [01121] of Tobiah [02900], the children [01121] of Nekoda [05353], six [08337] hundred [03967] forty [0705] and two [08147].
And before [06440] this, Eliashib [0475] the priest [03548], having the oversight [05414] of the chamber [03957] of the house [01004] of our God [0430], was allied [07138] unto Tobiah [02900]:having…: Heb. being set over
And I came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389], and understood [0995] of the evil [07451] that Eliashib [0475] did [06213] for Tobiah [02900], in preparing [06213] him a chamber [05393] in the courts [02691] of the house [01004] of God [0430].
And it grieved [03415] me sore [03966]: therefore I cast forth [07993] all the household [01004] stuff [03627] of Tobiah [02900] out of [02351] the chamber [03957].
Take [03947] of them of the captivity [01473], even of Heldai [02469], of Tobijah [02900], and of Jedaiah [03048], which are come [0935] from Babylon [0894], and come [0935] thou the same day [03117], and go [0935] into the house [01004] of Josiah [02977] the son [01121] of Zephaniah [06846];
And the crowns [05850] shall be to Helem [02494], and to Tobijah [02900], and to Jedaiah [03048], and to Hen [02581] the son [01121] of Zephaniah [06846], for a memorial [02146] in the temple [01964] of the Lord [03068].